David Buckley, JS '04, examines the war on drugs in the Philippines—and questions if the Catholic Church can turn its moral standing into political influence

October 2, 2017

In an op-ed published in The Washington Postlast week, Jefferson Scholar alumnus David Buckley examines the bloody war on drugs in the Philippines, and the role that the Catholic Church is playing, alongside human rights advocates, in the movement to stop the government’s extrajudicial killings.

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